1560s

• DIED 1566: NOSTRADAMUS (PHYSICIAN, ASTROLOGER)

1820s

• BORN 1821: SIR CHARLES TUPPER (6TH PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA)

1860s

• 1862: MORRILL ACT PASSED

1870s

• BORN 1877: HERMANN HESSE (AUTHOR)

1880s

• 1881: CHARLES GUITEAU SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD

1890s

• 1890: THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT WAS PASSED

1900s

• BORN 1904: JEAN-RENE LACOSTE (TENNIS PLAYER)
• BORN 1908: THURGOOD MARSHALL (FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT)

1920s

• BORN 1925: MEDGAR EVERS (CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER)
• BORN 1929: IMELDA MARCOS (FIRST LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES)

1930s

• 1937: AMELIA EARHART AND NAVIGATOR FRED NOONAN DISAPPEARED OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT AT THE EQUATOR
• BORN 1937: POLLY HOLLIDAY (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1937: RICHARD PETTY (RACE CAR DRIVER)

1940s

• 1940: LAKE WASHINGTON FLOATING BRIDGE DEDICATED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
• BORN 1947: LARRY DAVID (ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER, & DIRECTOR)

1950s

• 1955: THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT

1960s

• DIED 1961: ERNEST HEMINGWAY (WRITER)
• 1964: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW
• BORN 1964: JOSE CANSECO (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1970s

• DIED 1973: BETTY GRABLE (ACTRESS)

1980s

• BORN 1983: MICHELLE BRANCH (MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1985: ASHLEY TISDALE (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1986: LINDSAY LOHAN (ACTRESS)

1990s

• DIED 1997: JIMMY STEWART (ACTOR)
• DIED 1999: MARIO PUZO (AUTHOR)

2000s

• 2002: STEVE FOSSETT BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WORLD SOLO IN A BALLOON
• DIED 2005: ERNEST LEHMAN (SCREENWRITER)

2010s

• 2019: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

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